scorchedmirth

If we have to become an authoritarian state, can we at least get eco-cities, bullet trains, and renewable energy?

I loved the movie OPPENHEIMER about the race to build that world-changing negotiation.

Spike aka William the Bloody (James Marsters)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

give me an acre of land & i’ll let you see my bare ankles

Elon Musk pretending he was at a party saying Overheard at a party, "If your gf is a 10, she's an asset" 02:39 • 16/8/25 • 3,9M Views 5,2K t7 2,6K • 26K 1,5K Most relevant replies v Elon Musk @elonmusk • 3h "Asset" here means "intelligence asset" 468 t7 265 2,3K Elon Musk @elonmusk • 3h Meant to say "if your gf is a 10, you're an asset" , as in intelligence agency asset 839 17 375 3,5K Ill 626K

Explain it once more and it will become so funny

Sunrise with levels of clouds you have to climb to save your lady

Donkey Kong screen with levels of girders you have to climb to save your lady

They call this a Donkey Kong sunrise

Like a well oiled machine

www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

if you want to make actionable threats please make them in a reply so the lawyers have to read my jokes in court

We can't talk about what's going on without talking about the deplorable state of law enforcement in this country and Democrats can't do that until they discard reflexive rhetoric like "Of course we have to respect the police." No we don't! Not when they act like this! And you should say it!

never misses

How brainless slime molds redefine intelligence - Nature Single-celled amoebae can remember, make decisions and anticipate change, urging scientists to rethink intelligent behavior.

Slime molds exhibit intelligence, so not surprising. www.nature.com/articles/nat...

mold is starting to strategically target rightwingers

Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they're suing. A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state's refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

the thing about incarcerated trans people is that virtually no one will stand up for them & that’s fucking horrific because i literally cannot think of a worse place to be a trans person in america than prison.

if you’re cis you should read this.

trans people, keep on scrolling; you already know.

The news out of DC is consistently awful but it’s still kind of amusing to see all these tough guy members of Congress lining up in front of the cameras to say things like, “I can’t step outside the Rayburn Building when I’m here because if I hear rap music I’ll shit myself.”

same guy lmao

“My dearest Wilhelmina, I write to you from the front, where news is grim.

The tyrant has issued a new executive order against ‘hoagies of mass destruction,’ and our sandwicheers find themselves low on supplies.

Thankfully, the Arby Irregulars have commenced ambushes to lessen the pressure.”

Fun Fact: When these people say "crime," they mean "the existence of black people in public spaces in society." "Crime" is the new "protecting women's sports."

I agree completely.

Same-Sex Marriage Is Absolutely On the Chopping Block—Opinion Marriage equality isn’t safe. Don’t believe people who tell you it is.

🧵 We've had a decade of marriage equality—and that may be all we get. Just like I warned about Roe for years, I'm warning you now: Obergefell is absolutely on the chopping block. The same "history and tradition" test that killed abortion rights? That's their blueprint for same-sex marriage.

slightly diminish a band: Frankie Goes To Schenectady

I dislike any humanizing of Right Wing Wives as secretively trapped or whatever but I do think Melania thought he'd be dead by now.

slightly diminish a band:

toad the damp sprocket

slightly diminish a band:

A Foot In Tepid Water

The dread isn't existential anymore.

Doctor: Have you fallen down in the last 12 months?

Me: Do rabbit holes count?

*points to prenup* see right here, it says you have to follow me back

Youtube video titled "blind myself with a lamp for no reason part 3"

Interviewer: "can you explain this gap in your resume?"

Me:

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada

This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.

(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

i want to see democrats on cnbc absolutely ripping into our titans of industry for backing the worst economic president of our lifetimes and refusing to break ranks